GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hourapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1359arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hourapnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months ago Basically everyone needs like 100% more money. Yes. They do. If you’re doing something vastly more specialized than making food quickly, you should be paid much more than $20/hour. And in California, $20/hour still isn’t a livable wage.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·9 months agoand of course if every makes 100% more money then the price of everything goes up 100% and we’re no better off.
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-29 months agoExcept for the fact that doesn’t actually happen in other parts of the world that increase wages universally. Why would it happen here?
Yes. They do. If you’re doing something vastly more specialized than making food quickly, you should be paid much more than $20/hour.
And in California, $20/hour still isn’t a livable wage.
and of course if every makes 100% more money then the price of everything goes up 100% and we’re no better off.
Except for the fact that doesn’t actually happen in other parts of the world that increase wages universally. Why would it happen here?